Ashdown House

1 day ago

Tuesday 18 December 2018

‘Ashdown House maintains the perfect balance between learning and fun...’ If that’s not a parental endorsement, we don’t know what is. On the learning side, pupils head to Eton, Wellington and Winchester, with a handful going to the more local King’s Canterbury, Eastbourne and Benenden. Year 7 spends half a term in France, and pupils can try their hand at everything from playing in an orchestra to learning Mandarin. The school has its fun, kooky side, which, we’re told, ‘the children adore’ – our researcher reports having been assailed by a veritable menagerie on previous trips to Ashdown, ranging from the prep school’s black Lab to a hawk, and on this occasion she was accosted by a turkey. ‘One of the most charming and wonderful prep schools I’ve had the pleasure of visiting,’ says our slightly battle-weary researcher.